The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-15
ATLANTIC OCEAN

Westcott could not hear, and then
entered Maggie Ferrelrs room. For
sometime after the woman and this
person kept up a whispered conversation.
Mr. Westcott heard the pouring of water
in the room, apparently from pitcher into
bowl He also heard the pitcher strike
against the bowl He was not certain, but
he thought he heard mans voice say: Il
had to do il" or Il had to go for it, In
the meantime Reyes had gotten out of bed
and was swearing terrible oaths and threat
ening the man who had been in his ROOM
Keyes was very abusive. He threatened to
shoot the man, but almost Immediately
qualified the threat by saying, ''it l had
my bull dog or words to that effect.
When Mr. Westcott heard the man in Reyes
room, his impression was that it was Smith
trying to quiet his companion. MIR. West
colts testimony pointed strongly to Cassidy
as the man who ran up the stairs and entered
Keyes' room.
Mr.. Benefits testimony was unimportant,
and was not recorded by the Coroner.
AN IMPORTANT CLUE.
Mr.. j. C. MCGOWAN has charge of the
bath houses at the Seaside Pavilion. He
testified TO seeing Smith, Reyes, Cassidy,
Maggie Terrell, the little girl, and the negro
boy at the hotel He also described some of
their movements explained what he under
stood to be the location of their rooms, and
declared that Cassidy called Maggie Terrell
his wife. He told of Cassidy's bathing in
the sea with Maggie Ferrell and also men
toned that three Bay street merchants"
were bathing at the same time. He said
| that when he went to bed he left Mr.
Wright Cassidy and Smith talking on the
veranda. Cassidy had several times invited
the party, Mir. MCGOWAN included, to take a
! drink. Sometimes the invitation was accept
ed by all, and sometimes by only a part.
The important part of Mr. McGowan's tes-
timony was substantially as follows: He
went to bed but could not sleep. He was
expecting Cassidy to come up stairs and lay
awake waiting until he should retire and
the hotel be quiet. About dawn he heard a
man run up the stairs rapidly, giving him
| the impression that the man in question
was laboring under great excitement Al
most Immediately after he heard Reyes
sing out:
you Yankeel l know youl
| Drop my harness! I'm fixed for your
Reyes said great deal more, threatening
to give "The - - Yankee a receipt for
the cargo" to "have the battle of the Sec
ond Manassas with him, and all the time
moving about as if dressing. From what
Keyes said, Mr.. Mc(iowan took it for
| granted that the man was Cassidy. Know
ing Cassidy's reputation, he was surprised
out of Reyes room, and, while fumbling at
the doors in the hall, said hurriedly:
"Where am II Where's my roomm
Mr.. McGowan then heard a door open
and shut, which he thought was Cassidys.
He admitted afterward, however, that it
might have been some other door Silence
followed, as far as the man who had entered
| Keyes' room was concerned. Keyes con
| tinued to curse and swear and threaten, and
after dressing himself, went down stairs
Mr.. McGowan, in the meantime, heard a
| whispered conversation between man and
a woman in what he thought TO be the
room of two guests whom he did not know
He admitted afterward that he did not
| know in which room the conversation was
carried on, and that it might have been i'll
| Maggie Ferrells room.
On Wednesday Mr. MCGOWAN took from
Maggie Ferrells room the bathing suits
worn by herself, Cassidy, and the little girl
He also found a small gold watch and chain
in the bed in the same room. The bathing
suit worn by the negro boy he took from
CaSsidy's room.
Mr. McGowan testified that he saw CASH
dy, Maggie Terrell, the little girl, and the ne
| gro boy, one of the party carrying a lunch
basket, run from the Seaside Pavilion
| "Wednesday morning to catch the train to
| the wharf.
Before leaving the witness stand Mr.. Nc
! trowan said that IL was he that placed
Smiths body VI the plank. While search
| ing the spot where the struggle between
Smith and his murderer took place, Mr..
McGiowan found white pearl collar or
sleeve button. This he gave TO Mr..
Minis. Regarding this discovery il
Is proper TO say that Cassidy's shirt buttons
were like the one picked up 10y Mr.. Nc
Gowan, but when Capt. Dixon visited Cas-
sidy at the barracks yesterday morning he
found all of the prisoners buttons in place
KEYEs EXAMINED
Barney Keyes was the last witness ex-
amined at Tybee. Although the occasion
was solemn one, Reyes testimony was so
quantity original that it repeatedly caused
Capt. Dixon and the jury TO lose their
gravity He told his story with hut single
interruption from anybody. Most of it was
entirely irrelevant He began by giving
history of his association with Smith un-
mistakaby evincing great affection for the
murdered man. Then he told how Smith
asked him 10 visit Tybee with him. how he
consented after first obtaining the consent
OF the custom house officials whom he de-
scribed as "tho finest gintleinen in the